The Indian Senior Team at the 1960 Rome Olympics

The Indian Senior Team at the 1960 Rome Olympics:

TEAM:
Goalkeepers: Peter Thangaraj (Madras Regimental Centre, Services), Shankar Subramaniam Narayan (Tata Sports Club, Bombay).
Defenders: O. Chandrasekhar (Bombay), S.A. Latif (Bombay), Arun Ghosh (Railways), Jarnail Singh (Mohun Bagan AC).
Midfielders: Fortunata A. Franco (ICL-Bengal Club, Bombay), Mariappa Kempiah (Mohun Bagan AC), Ram Bahadur (East Bengal Club).
Forwards: S.S. Hakeem (Hyderabad), P.K. Banerjee (Railways - CAPTAIN), Chuni Goswami (Bengal), Dharmalingam Kannan (East Bengal Club), Tulsidas Balaram (East Bengal Club), Simon Sunderraj (Railways), M. Dev Das (Bombay), S. Hamid (Hyderabad), Mohammed Yousuf Khan (Hyderabad City Police).
COACH: SYED ABDUL RAHIM (Hyderabad); MANAGER: K. ZIAUDDIN (Bombay); REPRESENTATIVE at FIFA CONGRESS: M. DUTTA RAY (Bengal).

RESULTS:
First Round Group League
Group 4:
26-Aug-60: India 1-2 Hungary - Indian Goal: T. Balaram.
INDIA: Peter Thangaraj; O Chandrasekhar, Jarmail Singh, SA Latif; Mariappa Kempiah, Yousuf Khan; PK Banerjee, Chuni Goswami, D Kannan, Simon Sunderraj, Tulsidas Balaram.

29-Aug-60: India 1-1 France - Indian Goal: P.K. Banerjee.
INDIA: Peter Thangaraj; O Chandrasekhar, SA Latif, Mariappa Kempiah; Jarnail Singh, Ram Bahadur; PK Banerjee, Chuni Goswami, Yousuf Khan, Simon Sunderraj, Tulsidas Balaram.

01-Sep-60: India 1-3 Peru - Indian Goal: S. Sunderraj.
INDIA: Peter Thangaraj; O Chandrasekhar, Jarmail Singh, SA Latif; Mariappa Kempiah, Ram Bahadur; PK Banerjee, Chuni Goswami, Yousuf Khan, Simon Sunderraj, Tulsidas Balaram.

India finish fourth with just 1 point from three matches.

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